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This object is on display in Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Boeing Aviation Hangar

Object Details

Date

1944

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

AVIONICS-Radar/Electronic Warfare

Physical Description

Prism-shaped packet of thin strips of aluminum foil, wrapped in thin brown cardboard, then tan paper as outermost layer. Inner edge of tan paper adhered to cardboard, like a streamer. Wrapping otherwise not secured, only folded into position. DO NOT UNWRAP. KEEP LEVEL or chaff will spill out.
Originally part of A20050470000, seperated for display 11/2017.

Dimensions

3-D (each, typical): 30.5 × 8 × 3.6cm, 0.1kg (1 ft. × 3 1/8 in. × 1 7/16 in., 0.3lb.)

Materials

Paper
Aluminum
Adhesive

Inventory Number

A20050470001

Credit Line

Gift of Fred Lawrence Whipple

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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